Poems

Listen to the lovely short children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson about bedtime! Do you also have such amazing dreams? ...
Read More

An autumn poem for children by Ellen Robena Field Golden and red treesNod to the soft breeze,As it whispers, “Winter ...
Read More

A poem about a ghost cat by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. On a dreadful stormy nightMy dear Tommy had a ...
Read More

A children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson We built a ship upon the stairsAll made of the back-bedroom chairs,And filled ...
Read More

A funny but sad poem about a grumpy pumpkin! A queer little pumpkin, a jolly fat fellow,Stood close to his ...
Read More

"Come" said the Wind to the Leaves one day."Come over the meadow and we will play.Put on your dresses of ...
Read More

A short but sweet summer poem by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the seaA wooden spade they ...
Read More

A lovely autumn poem by Robert Louis Stevenson In the other gardensAnd all up the vale,From the autumn bonfiresSee the ...
Read More

A delightful children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.In summer ...
Read More

Listen to this lovely children's springtime poem by Mary Howitt. Buttercups and daisies-Oh the pretty flowers,Coming ere the springtimeTo tell ...
Read More

A fall poem by Helen Hunt Jackson November woods are bare and still;November days are clear and bright;Each noon burns ...
Read More

A great kids poem by Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight,A gallant knight,In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In ...
Read More

A sweet poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone outThrough the blinds ...
Read More

A lovely autumn poem by Emily Bronte Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away Lengthen Night and shorten day; Every leaf ...
Read More

An adventure poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Up into the cherry treeWho should climb but little me?I held the trunk ...
Read More

A funny poem about ghosts by Clinton Scollard I shan't tell you what's his name:When we want to play a ...
Read More

A delightful poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Faster than fairies, faster than witches,Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;And charging along ...
Read More

A fun kid's poem by Lewis Carroll How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,And pour the waters of the ...
Read More

A funny audio poem for children by Edward Lear How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,Who has written such volumes of ...
Read More

“I’ll tell you how the leaves came down,”The great tree to his children said,“You’re getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,Yes, very ...
Read More

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,Papa's going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing,Papa's going to ...
Read More

A poem for kids, by Thomas Hood I remember, I remember,The house where I was born,The little window where the ...
Read More

A lovely anonymous children's poem. I saw a Peacock, with a fiery tail,I saw a Blazing Comet, drop down hail,I ...
Read More

Want to listen to this story? Install the Stories Aloud app and get it for free using your free credits ...
Read More

A children's poem, by Christina Rossetti Lullaby, oh, lullaby!Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping;Lullaby, oh, lullaby!Stars are up, the ...
Read More

A funny children's poem by Edward Lear On a little piece of wood,Mr. Spikky Sparrow stood;Mrs. Sparrow sate close by,A-making ...
Read More

A poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,And ...
Read More

A poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson Summer; fading, winter comes-Frosty mornings, tingling thumbsWindow robins, winter rooks,And the picture ...
Read More

An adventure poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,Three of us aboard ...
Read More

A seasonal poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How beautiful is the rain!After the dust and heat,In the broad and fiery ...
Read More

A Christmas Poem by William Allingham Goodbye, goodbye to Summer!For Summer's nearly done;The garden smiling faintly,Cool breezes in the sun;Our ...
Read More

A lovely seasonal poem by William Blake Sound the flute!Now it's mute!Bird's delight,Day and night,Nightingale,In the dale,Lark in sky,Merrily,Merrily merrily, ...
Read More

A happy summer poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Great is the sun, and wide he goesThrough empty heaven without repose;And ...
Read More

A fun poem by William Allingham Swing, swing,Sing, sing,Here's my throne, and I am King!Swing, sing,Swing, sing,Farewell earth, for I'm ...
Read More

A funny poem by Edward Lear. Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs, Dressed in brown and gray, Walked about upon the sands, ...
Read More

A wonderful telling of the Aesop fable; a poem by Richard Scrafton Sharpe A hungry dog some meat had seized,And, ...
Read More

A great poem for kids by Edward Lear Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,"Good gracious! how you hop!Over the fields ...
Read More

A lovely bedtime poem for children by Eugene Field Oh, a wonderful horse is the Fly-Away Horse -Perhaps you have ...
Read More

They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,In a Sieve they went to sea:In spite of all their friends ...
Read More

A dreamy poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson From breakfast on through all the dayAt home among my friends ...
Read More

A Robert Louis Stevenson Poem. . At evening when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit; ...
Read More

The funny poem by Lewis Carroll. "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,"There's a porpoise ...
Read More

A cautionary tale by Richard Scrafton Sharpe A Silly young MouseVentur'd out of the house,In spite of his mother's advice;And, ...
Read More

A very funny poem by Edward Lear There lived an old man in the kingdom of Tess,Who invented a purely ...
Read More

The famous Christmas Poem by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a ...
Read More

The famous poem by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat,They took some ...
Read More

The famous poem by Robert Browning IHamelin Town's in Brunswick,By famous Hanover city;The river Weser, deep and wide,Washes its wall ...
Read More

An charming poem by Edward Lear. . The Pobble who has no toes, Had once as many as we; When ...
Read More

A lovely poem by Christina Rossetti Boats sail on the rivers,And ships sail on the seas;But clouds that sail across ...
Read More

The cautionary poem by Mary Howitt. Will you walk into my parlour? said the Spider to the Fly, 'Tis the ...
Read More

A poem for kids by Robert Louis Stevenson The sun is not a-bed, when IAt night upon my pillow lie;Still ...
Read More

A fun poem for children by Robert Louis Stevenson How do you like to go up in a swing,Up in ...
Read More

A poem from Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll The sun was shining on the sea,Shining with all his might:He ...
Read More

A lovely short poem for children by Christina Rossetti Who has seen the wind?Neither I nor you.But when the leaves ...
Read More

A delightful poem by William Brighty Rands If the butterfly courted the bee,And the owl the porcupine;If the churches were ...
Read More

A poem by Sarah Colleridge The Oak is called the king of trees,The Aspen quivers in the breeze,The Poplar grows ...
Read More

A rhyme about the weather Whether the weather be fine,Or whether the weather be not,Whether the weather be cold,Or whether ...
Read More

A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Whenever the moon and stars are set,Whenever the wind is high,All night long in ...
Read More

A frosty poem by William Shakespeare When icicles hang by the wall,And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,And Tom bears ...
Read More

A wintry poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,A frosty, fiery sleepy-head;Blinks but an hour or ...
Read More

A lovely bedtime poem Eugene Field. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one nightSailed off in a wooden shoe---Sailed on a river ...
Read More